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Resources These are among the resources that were discussed duringthe our “Future-Ready CPA” programs.The Future of the Professions:How Technology Will Transformthe Work of Human ExpertsBy Richard and Daniel Susskindwww.susskind.comWhat SMBs Want From TheirAccountantFrom The Sleeter Groupbit.ly/2fCsvkcWelcome to the Fast FutureFrom CPA.combit.ly/2gdHlBjThe Fourth Industrial RevolutionBy Klaus Schwabbit.ly/1qLrfzsFlash Foresight: How To SeeThe Invisible And Do TheImpossibleBy Daniel Burrusbit.ly/1SOn7FGThe Future of Employment:How Susceptible Are Jobs ToComputerization?By Carl Benedikt Frey andMichael Osbornebit.ly/1kre5T6

#FutureReady! Is the capacity to
be anticipatory (aware, predictive and adaptive) of emerging technology and trends in business, demographics, and the social environment impacting your organization and industry. Source: CPA.COM Insight into the CPA of the Future Study 2014 92% of CPAs Not #futureready

Our insights… The responses from
these surveys are consistent with our polls from across the AccounFng Profession including public company ﬁnance and accounFng, public accounFng, government and small – mid-size business and NFPs. They are also consistent with global competency research from Fortune 500 companies. One opportunity is to focus training and development on the criFcal skills parFcipants are idenFfying, especially in the area of ‘strategic thinking’ and ‘anFcipaFon (being aware, predicFve and adapFve of future trends and issues). These skills elevate and accelerate people’s ability to adapt to major changes in addiFon to ﬁnding creaFve and innovaFve ways to add value to the business. Our research consistently shows the need for ﬁnance and accounFng teams to add insights to the business. We now have several new training tools available to support individuals and most importantly groups in developing these skills.

This led to our work
with world renowned futurist and business advisor and best-selling author, Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research.We worked with Dan to add the context of the accounting and ﬁnance profession to his Anticipatory Organization learning system to create the Anticipatory Organization”Accounting and Finance edition. http://www.blionline.org/ao

ANTICIPATION Strategic Thinking External Awareness
Vision ConFnuous Learning InnovaFon CreaFvity Problem Solving PrioriFzaFon Business Acumen Decisiveness Inﬂuencing/Persuading EmoFonal Intelligence Consensus Building CollaboraFon InspiraFon Risk Management The competency of “anticipation” actually includes a number of competencies included in many of the top companies of today. Across these models, you'll see a common theme of "strategic thinking," "innovation" and "leading change." Many of these organizations build (and validate) fantastic competency models and know what they want people to do. The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization model is that it offers a clear process that makes highly-abstract leadership competencies attainable and trainable in a self-directed e-learning system featuring short single-concept videos with rapid application learning exercises. If an organization wants to make "strategic thinking" or "innovation" a core competency, we can provide clear, trainable activities that can be targeted to a wide range of learners (from individual contributors to senior leadership). We provide the bridge between the competency model and the desired observable behaviors. Anticipation –The Critical Competency

"The Anticipatory Organization Learning System
helps establish a mindset, a common language and eventually a culture of being anticipatory for our clients. By making this anticipatory skillset a core strength of our teams, it brings creative and new ideas that make us more valuable to our clients and it creates a game changer for our firm.” - Joey Havens, CPA Executive Partner, HORNE LLP Top 50 CPA Firm

AOAF recognized as 2016 Top
learning Product “Everyone keeps telling accountants that they need to change their focus from the historic and the backward-looking, and to start being proactive and offering future-focused advice – but no one tells them how. The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization program is that it actually gives you a set of tools to harness the hard trends that are shaping the future, and use them to create new value for your firm and your clients.” - Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief, Accounting Today

Books These are among the
resources that were discussed during the our “Future-Ready CPA” programs. The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts By Richard and Daniel Susskind www.susskind.com The Fourth Industrial Revolution By Klaus Schwab bit.ly/1qLrfzs Flash Foresight: How To See The Invisible And Do The Impossible By Daniel Burrus bit.ly/1SOn7FG The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress And Prosperity In A Time of Brilliant Technologies By Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee www.SecondMachineAge.com The Industries Of The Future By Alec Ross bit.ly/2fP8cnU The End of Accounting, and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers By Baruch Lev and Feng Gu amzn.to/2hvHs90

Resources These are among the
resources that were discussed during the our “Future-Ready CPA” programs. The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts By Richard and Daniel Susskind www.susskind.com What SMBs Want From Their Accountant From The Sleeter Group bit.ly/2fCsvkc Welcome to the Fast Future From CPA.com bit.ly/2gdHlBj The Fourth Industrial Revolution By Klaus Schwab bit.ly/1qLrfzs Flash Foresight: How To See The Invisible And Do The Impossible By Daniel Burrus bit.ly/1SOn7FG The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs To Computerization? By Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne bit.ly/1kre5T6

What SMBs Want From Their
Accountant From The Sleeter Group bit.ly/2fCsvkc Welcome to the Fast Future From CPA.com bit.ly/2gdHlBj The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs To Computerization? By Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne bit.ly/1kre5T6 CPA Horizons 2025 From the American Institute of CPAs bit.ly/1UEN1x2 Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity To Do New Things By Clayton Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman and Willy Shih bit.ly/1JtBxfG Ready-Now Leaders: Meeting Tomorrow’s Business Challenges From DDI bit.ly/V05HQ6 Whitepapers These are among the resources that were discussed during the our “Future-Ready CPA” programs.

If there is a conversation
about the future of the profession, you're bound to hear Hood's name mentioned as one of the people leading the way. – Accounting Today Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA CPA Practice Adviser Accounting Hall of Fame Named the Second Most Influential in Accounting by Accounting Today Magazine 2013 - 2015 Top 150 Influencer by Linked-In Top 25 Influencers in Learning & HR - HR Examiner Top 25 Public Accounting Thought Leaders - CPA Practice Adviser Co-founder of the Business Learning Institute CEO Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA) www.macpa.org Business Learning Institute (BLI) www.blionline.org http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhood/